TARBORO —
A kickoff meeting for Tarboro’s 1st Annual Heart & Stroke Walk will be held from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m. Monday in the hospital classroom at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital. Dr. Hassan Alhosaini, a cardiologist at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, and Lynn Pichke of the American Heart Association will speak at the kickoff event.
The purpose of the kickoff is to recruit teams to walk and raise money for the American Heart Association. Team captain bags with walker envelopes will be given out at the kickoff. Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, the Edgecombe County Health Department and the American Heart Association are teaming up to coordinate the walk.
“We’re excited about being able to join together and hold the walk,” explained Erin Grimsley, Vidant Edgecombe’s director of marketing, business development and gifts. “It’s always been big in Rocky Mount, but by holding our own walk, our folks don’t have to go to Rocky Mount.”
The heart and stroke walk is slated for 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4. The walk will begin on the Town Common and participants have the option of walking either the one-mile or three-mile route.
The goal of the walk is to raise money to prevent and fight heart disease and stroke, the nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers, respectively. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in North Carolina. In 2010, there were 1,026 persons who died from heart disease and another 239 died from stroke in eastern North Carolina. Statistics released in May by County Health Rankings & Roadmaps ranked Edgecombe County 96th out of the state’s 100 counties in regards to the overall health of the community.
AHA’s 2020 impact goal is to “improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans, by 20 percent, while reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke, by 20 percent.” The fundraising goal for the 1st Annual Heart & Stroke Walk is $3,000.
For more information, visit the Heart Walk website at www.tarboroheartwalk.org.
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Heart Walk kickoff is Monday
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